Firm

Wasserman, Jurista & Stolz is one of the finest law firms in New Jersey and excels in providing personalized and expert legal counsel. With over a century of collective experience, the firm handles an array of cases in state and federal court systems throughout New Jersey and other states.

Outstanding Legal Representation

The firm has a well-deserved reputation as one of the nation’s best firms specializing in bankruptcy, with particular expertise in:

Chapter 11 Reorganization and 363 Sale

Out-of-Court Restructuring

State Court Insolvency Matters

Personal Bankruptcy

Chapter 13 Reorganization

Chapter 7 Liquidation

Commercial Litigation

Creditors’ Rights and Representation

The firm frequently represents institutional and individual secured lenders, distressed debtors and creditors’ committees in large and small bankruptcy cases. Our attorneys regularly serve as bankruptcy trustees and counsel to trustees. Wasserman, Jurista & Stolz also has had the privilege of discretely counseling high-profile public figures in matters of financial distress, developing a strong reputation for resolving matters without resorting to bankruptcy or other formal litigation.

The firm has enjoyed great success in negotiating and settling with all types of adversaries, thereby minimizing the costs of and time associated with the reorganization process, as well as the business interruption to the client. Wasserman, Jurista & Stolz is widely known as the preeminent firm handling Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors, a State Court liquidation process that frequently has substantial benefits over bankruptcy proceedings in Federal Court.

Representations

Over the firm’s forty years of existence, we have represented almost every party to a bankruptcy or insolvency case. Our firm has appeared in substantial matters representing debtors, creditors’ committees, trustees, secured creditors, landlords, plan proponents and purchasers of assets. The following is a sampling of the cases in which the firm has appeared.

Case

Representation

MACGREGOR SPORTING GOODS

Chapter 11 Debtor

BENNETT FUNDING GROUP

Unsecured Creditors’ Committee

UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL

Labor Union/Creditors’ Committee Member

COLEMAN’S TUXEDOS

Chapter 11 Debtor

MYSTIC TANK LINES

Unsecured Creditors’ Committee

N.V.E., INC. (STACKER 2)

Chapter 11 Debtor

ZUCKER, GOLDBERG & ACKERMAN

Chapter 11 Debtor

NEWARK WATERSHED CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT CORP.

Chapter 11 Debtor

BIRDSALL SERVICES CORP.

Counsel to Trustee

S.M. ELECTRIC CO.

Debtor – Out of Court

SHORT HILLS CATERERS

Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors

LAILA ROWE STORES

Chapter 11 Debtors

GRAND COURT LIFESTYLES

Unsecured Creditors’ Committee

LANA LOBELL FARMS

Chapter 11 Debtor

LOEHMANN’S INC.

Major Landlord (Delaware)

BRADLEE’S STORES, INC.

Landlords (Southern District of NY)

JAMESWAY CORP.

Landlords (Southern District of NY)

RICKEL HOME CENTERS, INC.

Landlords (Delaware)

TELIGENT, INC.

Creditor/Litigant (Southern District of NY)

STAR EXPANSION CO.

Unsecured Creditors’ Committee (Delaware)

WILLOWBROOK NISSAN

Chapter 11 Debtor

SHEPS CHEESE CO.

Secured Creditor

PARSIPPANY HOLIDAY INN

Secured Creditor

STACKER MACHINERY CO.

Secured Creditor

SEASONS RESORTS

Unsecured Creditors’ Committee

STONY POINT RECREATION

Chapter 7 Trustee

CELENTANO BROTHERS, INC.

Founders/Creditors

WARNACO, INC.

Major Creditors/Suppliers (Southern District of NY)

AIM TELEPHONES, INC.

Chapter 11 Debtor

CENTRAL BERGEN PROPERTIES

Court-Appointed Receiver

MASBACK HARDWARE

Chapter 11 Debtor

GITTLEMAN’S FURS, INC.

Unsecured Creditors’ Committee

SKYSTAR INTERNATIONAL

Creditors’ Committee/Chapter 7 Trustee

ARTHUR HALVAJIAN

Chapter 7 Trustee and Counsel to Trustee

KARIN’S KURTAINS

Chapter 11 Debtor

FASHION PLAZA

Chapter 11 Debtor

ANTONOVICH FURS

Chapter 11 Debtor

ALLO-BEST WINES, INC.

Chapter 11 Debtor

UNITED STEEL CORP.

Unsecured Creditors’ Committee

SOUND RADIO

Unsecured Creditors’ Committee

SEVEN SANTINI BROS.

Unsecured Creditors’ Committee

INTERNATIONAL AMERICAN HOMES

Bondholders Committee

AAA TRUCKING CO.

Creditors’ Committee/Chapter 7 Trustee

MEYER BROTHERS DEPARTMENT STORE

Out of Court Restructuring

C & I PROMOTIONS, INC.

Chapter 11 Trustee and Counsel to Trustee

SUTHERLAND PACKAGING

Chapter 11 Debtor

COSMETIC MFG. RESOURCES

Chapter 11 Debtor

DUROTEST CORP.

Chapter 7 Trustee and Counsel to Trustee

Awards

Award Methodology
Our firm and our lawyers have been recipients of various awards. In order to best understand how the rankings or awards were determined, we have provided the links below to each of the publications.